Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

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RE: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire

(06/09/2016 20:26)Dentonian Wrote:  I'm getting confused (again) with this to-ing and fro-ing of elderly Solos. Can anyone clarify whether 47016 & 47042 are with North West, and if so what is their status (in service, in prep, for disposal etc)? Also are all the 470xx Solos M850s, or are certain ones M920s?
One I have been able to sort out is 47018; this was variously reported as transferring to Manchester (Wigan to be precise) as long ago as July, but no one at this end of the region knew anything about it. Anyway, SKM now report its at Carlisle, so I'm guessing its sojourn south and east was very brief, if it came at all.
Talking of SKM. He now reports 15723-9 at Barrow, with a pic of 15723 in 6/X6 colours. Presumably, an earlier report of 15725 at Morecambe was only a loan, or a physical sighting at the depot for work connected with the repaint.

47018 is not at Carlisle and may be a typo for 47008 which is now in service at Carlisle. I have not seen 47016 or 47042 here.
16793 has now entered service at Carlisle on the 524 schools and 600 services having replaced 16776. Other Olympians 16119, 16640, 16650 and 16651 are back in use on the Newman school contracts and covering on 104 and 554 services when Tridents are off.
15829 is in for repaint from Barrow and ex-Newcastle 19144 has spent this week in the workshop at Carlisle along with ex-Oxford 47450.